Comment 4 for bug 1666056

On 20 February 2017 at 17:51, Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks. A few things stand out here to me.
>
> 1) You're missing an "ubuntu" boot entry. That's the default one Dell
> populates when the machine is factory installed. It would have been
> pointed at shimx64.efi to chainload grubx64.efi.
>
> Did you replace your SSD and manually reinstall at some point? Or is
> that the factory SSD?

No, this is the factory SSD

>

> 2) There is actually a file \efi\boot\bootx64.efi on the ESP. Did you
> make that yourself?
>
> No, I'm trying real hard not to do anything myself.. 16.04 was a necessity
as lots of things fail to work with 14.04

> 3) I think if you run sudo update-grub you should get your missing
> 'ubuntu' boot entry replaced.
>
> I'll give that a try

> But so assuming you didn't replace the disk or tweak anything else a set
> of reproduce steps sounds like:
> 1) Start with preinstalled Dell 14.04.
> 2) Use Update manager to upgrade to 16.04.
> 3) From 16.04 do all the standard updates.
> 4) In software center apply BIOS update
>
> That sound right?
>
> YUP!

Thanks!

Dave Cramer

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> Title:
> Precision 5510 bios 1.2.19 update on ubuntu fails with no boot drive
>
> Status in Dell Sputnik:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu version 16.04
> Just updated the bios using ubuntu software center
> After the upgrade the machine is not bootable and the message is no
> bootable drive
>
> The solution is to go into Setup (F2) on boot
>
> In Boot Sequence, add a boot option which uses the file name
> \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi.
>
> Move this boot option to the top and reboot
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